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After Care

After Care

Brightfield School
340 Oak Grove Avenue,
Bath,
ME 04530
207-389-4771
info@brightfieldschool.org

Our Friday afternoon ended with every student outside of the classroom! Today, we learned in the kitchen, in our new outdoor classrooms, at Oak Grove Cemetery, and at sites around Merrymeeting Bay. Reach out if you want to visit and explore learning at Brightfield for your child. We have limited spots open for fall enrollment, including kindergarten!
What an incredible first week! From settling into new routines and meeting new friends to singing together at our first community meeting outside, it was wonderful to be back!
Ready for the first day of school! Thanks to our staff and volunteers for preparing our new classrooms & outdoor spaces. We can't wait for students to join us next week to begin exploring our community, local businesses, salt marshes & Merrymeeting Bay!
Learning comes to life at Brightfield School for Place-Based Education! Thank you to all of our amazing community partners and guest teachers who made these experiences possible this year. Featured here are the Bath Wastewater Treatment Facility and Toad&Co!
What is learning like in kindergarten and in our 1st/2nd-grade class at Brightfield? Listen to our 1st- and 2nd-graders' poem from our end-of-year celebration to find out! We are still accepting applications for limited spots in kindergarten and 2nd-grade for next school year!
School's out! We celebrated our last week in style with hikes, bikes, and plenty of silliness. Happy summer!!!
We can't believe it's our last week of school! Brightfield students have already been thinking ahead to what next year will hold, and recently spent time in next year's cohorts creating art that reflects their hopes and dreams for next year. There are still a handful of spots available for next year in Kindergarten, grade 2, and grades 5-8! Reach out if you're also excited about opportunities for place-based learning next year!
This is the month of spring overnight trips at Brightfield! As a part of our school year, our students take part in overnights and expeditions that progress in challenge and skill as they get older. We just welcomed back our 3/4 cohort from a cabin on a pond in Bridgton, our 5/6 cohort from two nights in a cabin at Camden Hills State Park, and our 7/8 students are currently backpacking for four nights in the White Mountains on the Pemi loop. Experiential education is a part of daily life at Brightfield, but our expeditions are a chance for students to really stretch their sense of self, and what they can achieve as a group. We are proud of all the risks they took on, the joys they discovered, and the peak experiences they are having at the end of this school year.
Today we celebrated National Bike to School Day! Participants in our after-school bike club, as well as their classmates and families, met in Bath to finish their morning commute together by bike! The Bike Club will also be hosting The Bicycle Coalition of Maine for a Fix-A-Bike workshop on Tuesday, June 2nd, from 3:00 - 5:00 PM. This workshop covers pre-ride bike checks, helmet safety, and basic maintenance as well as road/mountain bike riding technique. Everyone will have an opportunity to get their bike in a stand for some checks and maintenance. This workshop is free. Let us know if you want to join us! @walkrolltoschool @bikemaine
Spring had brought so many opportunities to take our learning outside the classroom - from the lower field to Boston! Join us for our Swing into Spring Event on May 2nd, or reach out to schedule a tour and see if a place-based, small school environment is right for your child! Applications are still open for Kindergarten and select grade levels for the 2026-27 school year!
We hope to see you this Saturday from 10-1 for our Swing Into Spring Community Event!
Applications are open for kindergarten at Brightfield for the 2026-27 school year! If you are looking for a full-day kindergarten experience for your child that blends strong academic foundations with forest-based play and learning, reach out to learn more and apply through our website by May 4th.

Brightfield School
340 Oak Grove Avenue,
Bath,
ME 04530
207-389-4771
info@brightfieldschool.org

Brightfield School
340 Oak Grove Avenue,
Bath,
ME 04530
207-389-4771
info@brightfieldschool.org

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